Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 516 was a domestic commercial passenger 50-minutes flight, flying from Mutiara Airport, Palu to Lalos Airport in Tolitoli Regency, Indonesia operated by a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300.
The aircraft crashed into Mount Tinombala in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Killing 13 people on board.
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Aftermath The accident was made in to a book named as The Tinombala Incident. Following the accident, M. Aminudin A. wrote a story script on the crash which was subsequently adapted into a 116-minute film titled Operation Tinombala. It was directed by M. Sharieffudin and starred W. D. Mochtar and . A photo exhibition about the crash was held on march 29, 2022.
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